Hah, Mass Effect. Damn that was a good game! This is pretty much what my Commander Shepard looked like~ I love games with customizable characters

Normally I wouldn't indulge myself with something fanartish with so much work to do, but this is for a noble cause, I swear!! There will be a tutorial on this quite soon, I just have to write it, but I've just finished the image and figured I may as well post it.

It's not detailed to great lengths, and there are errors I'm aware of and just don't feel like fixing because I have other things to do, but I can cover the basic methods I use to paint with this so I'm calling it done. Yay!

Photoshop CS3

P.S. For those curious, I did it with Kaiden Alenko! I have every intention of replaying the game to get the scene with the alien girl of course! *LOL*

I do not know if it is just me, but I played Commander Shepard twice, once as a female, the other as a male. Now... To me Commander Shepard is better as a female, voice acting etc. It just feels right, when I'm playing the male I feel like he's a fraud!

I'm sure this was an easy process for you, but I really like the whole transparent effect you did towards the bottom of the piece. Excellent glow and shine effects. I would have liked if you had more hard details beyond the face. The hair was turning out beautifully but fades out so quick! I'm sure you were going for that effect though. Anyway, excellent job